In this environmental awareness lesson, young scholars discuss packaging and the importance of using recycled materials in their packaging. Students bring in all sorts of items from home, and brainstorm ways that those items could have...

Seventh graders study about the musical rhythms and instruments of Puerto Rico. Then they construct their own instruments using recycled products. Students listen to different genres of music and define them. Students focus on the...

Learners experience a hands-on environmental science project. They access about recycling as they collect data on their own family's trash production. Students analyze the data with worksheets, chart the data, and present their findings.

In this word puzzle worksheet, students complete 4 separate activities. There are 2 word searches, a drawing activity, and a word scramble.

Young scholars discuss the concept of littering and what they do personally to contribute or prevent littering. In this environmental awareness lesson, students create a jingle, or a commercial to promote recycling. Links to some...

Students read a New York Times article as part of their investigation as to what happens when an item is thrown away or recycled. They analyze the relationship between a product's ingredients and its effect on the Earth and healthful...

Young scholars make recycled paper as they discuss products we get from trees.

Students explore the impact on waste on the environment, and the impact of the 3R's (reduce, reuse and recycle) as a means of diminishing the waste created by humans.

Students find that cleaning up can be easy. In this early childhood lesson, students practice fine motor skills while making their classroom more safe. Students create large storage boxes.

Students design various items from recyclable materials. For this environmental friendly lesson, students study the construction of gift bags, envelopes and pocket folders and take them apart to make templates. Students construct their...

Students create recycled art. In this visual arts lesson plan, students follow the provided steps to create their flowers made from recycled water bottles.

Students create snow globes out of recycled coffee jars and other items.

First graders identify items for trash or recycling. In this humans and trash lesson, 1st graders are given a piece of trash and must determine how an animal's habitat would be affected if the item was included. Students discuss how to...

In these science worksheets, 5th graders explore aspects of weather and recycling. In the first activity, students are given five questions about weather which they match to the statement about weather that corresponds to it. In the...

Students research ways to conserve and reduce energy and resources. In this reducing waste instructional activity, students work in teams to experiment with water and losing resources. students brainstorm about ways to conserve and...

Students complete activities that help clean up the Earth and protect the environment. In this Earth protection lesson, students go outside and listen to the environment. Students discuss their observations and their role in protecting...

Students identify different underwater creatures, explain the importance of recycling in the community, plan preliminary sketches on paper, and construct and sculpt with chosen materials to create creature in paper mache.

Students participate in three stations in which they are made aware of the environment, ways to preserve it, the importance of preserving it and their part in preserving it. They discuss where items are found, recycling, and...

Students experiment to define which environmental factors favor decomposition by soil microbes. They decompose carrots in dirt, weigh the carrots periodically to determine how long it takes. They look at how engineers use this type of...

In this cellular respiration and photosynthesis instructional activity, students read through the presented material and draw an illustration of the production of ATP. Students answer several short answer questions about the production...

Students explore visual arts by completing a recycling activity. In this botany science lesson, students examine the natural layout of plants in a garden environment. Students utilize wire, wood and other arts and craft materials to...

In this environmental issues worksheet, students read ten ways they can help the environment. Students tell how each idea helps. There are additional projects and recycling activity ideas here, but no questions to answer.

Students find a piece of trash and make a useful item out of it. They show awareness of the environmental concerns of the earth.

High schoolers discuss what happens to their wastewater. They read about the wastewater treatment process. Students are asked what types of things get flushed down toilets or goes down drains in sinks and showers. They are taught what...